About us

Brief History

The vision of Glad Tidings was given to Pastor Richmond Chiundiza who at that time was a Pastor with Christian Life Center Harare where he was working with Pastor Steve Bacon. He was also National Director of Campus Crusade for Christ in Zimbabwe. In 1982 Pastor Chiundiza put this vision into action and started Glad Tidings Fellowship meeting at Highfield Secondary School in Harare. A few handful people met in the School Hall on Sunday afternoons from August 1982. The work grew very rapidly through evangelism (witnessing and discipleship) in the township under Richmond Chiundiza’s pastoral care and preaching. A few local churches were planted including, Warren Park, Dzivaresekwa, Glendale and Kadoma. Then in 1986 a Harare wide outreach plan dubbed “Action 86” was launched and several local churches were planted and outreaches were done all over Harare and spilled over to other Cities and towns. By end of 1990 churches had been planted in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, Masvingo. Today the church has many local churches including Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, and every town in Zimbabwe. There are also many local churches in the Rural areas all over Zimbabwe. Outside Zimbabwe Glad Tidings is in South Africa with 6 congregations, the United Kingdom and Botswana, Malawi and Zambia.

 

Disciples in Action (DIA) Team

Disciples in Action is a team of Apostles that was used by the Lord Jesus Christ to found the Glad Tidings Fellowship (GTF) denomination. This Apostolic board was responsible for the planting and strengthening majority of assemblies Glad Tidings Fellowship has. This apostolic team is led by Apostle Richmond Chiundiza, the one used by the Lord Jesus Christ in starting Glad Tidings Fellowship denomination. He is currently the Leader of Disciples in Action and Pastor of Glad Tidings Fellowship City Church.

The DIA team members are; Pastor A. T. Gore (GTF Highglen church – Gomo rekutizira), Pastor A. D. Simba (GTF Mufakose church – Goshen) and Pastor Kaseke (GTF Dzivaresekwa church). These men of God, with their apostolic calling, have planted churches all over Zimbabwe.

 

GTF Highglen church – Gomo rekutizira

Pastor Andrew T. Gore is the Senior Pastor at Glad Tidings Fellowship, Highglen Church. With his Apostolic calling Highglen Church has been a center of many church planting all over Zimbabwe.

 

OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose or aim is to reach out to the whole world, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord for the salvation of mankind and teaching them to keep the commandments of the Lord. Our impetus is based on the Great Commission given by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, (Matthew 28:19-20).

 

[i] Our Global Vision [Matthew 28:19-20]:

As Glad Tidings Fellowship, we have our Global Vision given to Apostle R. Chiundiza by God in 1982. This vision is based on Matthew 28:19-20, The Great Commission given to the disciples by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

“Go yee therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’’ [NASB]

The above vision drives the church to be purpose-driven. As GTF Highglen church, we are a purpose driven church, working to bring many people (unbeliever) to the Kingdom of God and teaching the believers to safeguard their faith and salvation jealously.

 

[ii] Organization and Leadership:

As GTF Highglen church we have clearly defined organizational structures, church offices, ministries, committees and functional departments to ensure effectiveness in handling God’s work. For the church offices, we have elders’ office and Deacons’ office. For the ministries, we have Evangelism, New Converts, Women of Wisdom (WOW), Men of Integrity (MOI), Children’s Church, Couples and Ushers & Hospitality. For committees, we have Prayer and Service Master of Ceremonies and for Functional departments, we have Finance & Administration and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). These are covered under separate sections. Cell groups is an important organizational concept for the church. For more information about cell group administration, see section on Home Cell Groups.

Of paramount importance to the church is the leadership development and mentoring program. This includes;

  1. Teaching services conducted every Monday for zone leaders (Elders & deacons) and Home Cell Group leaders; and
  2. Homiletics and Hermeneutics Teaching Lessons, to ensure that preachers are adequately equipped for the work of God. These lessons are conducted by the Senior Pastor (Pastor A. T. Gore). This targets everyone in leadership position and sometimes those who want to be equipped in these areas, this includes ladies.

The senior pastor conducts programs which are aimed at developing and grooming both current and future church leaders.